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[Nirolak]

I can't tell if they're making a new f2p game or if this is for Shadow of Mordor 2.

Senior Social Designer
SUMMARY OF POSITION
For over 20 years Monolith has been obsessed with delivering unique gaming experiences for our fans. Combining innovative gameplay, cutting edge technology and AI, inventive narratives and stunning visuals to create award winning and best-selling games. Starting with our first game, Blood through to our most recent title, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor which has been awarded with numerous Game of the Year Awards, including Gamespot, Joystiq and IGN as well as Best Action/Adventure Game at the 2014 Game Awards.
We are dedicated to ensuring that our next game is our best yet, and to achieve that we need the best and brightest talent the industry has to offer.

Monolith Productions seeks a talented designer to help shape the social, competitive and online community of our games.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Work with design leadership to define and influence game systems for online features which promote positive social, community, and competitive interaction.
Collaborate with the team on new game features to maximize short and long-term player satisfaction, and provide for monetization opportunities.
Design game features/systems that compel and re-engage players.
Design, prototype and champion the economic systems to drive players to invest in our game economy.
Collaborate with game designers on new game features to maximize short and long-term player satisfaction, and provide for monetization opportunities.
Work closely with the user interface, technical, and systems design teams to implement game interactions and user interface which support social systems.
JOB REQUIREMENTS

Passport eligibility preferred.
Strong time management skills with a proven ability to focus on priorities, solve problems, juggle multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
We are looking for people who play games and understand why they love playing them.
Good communications skills, a friendly and open nature, and an active and curious mind.
Ability to evaluate designs and content for visual impact, brand guidelines, and UX best practices.
Ability to communicate effectively with different audiences on a broad range of topics, e.g. technical, business and creative.
Excellent leadership, communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
Self-motivated, driven individual who prefers working in a fast-paced environment.
A minimum of 5 years’ designing games or online social features
Experience in user interface and interaction design with representative wire-frames or mock-ups.

Source: http://jobs.gamasutra.com/job/senior-social-designer-kirkland-washington-28963

 

[MadLaughter]

Warner Bros strikes again.

 

[Obliterator]

The plan was for Shadow of Mordor to become a new franchise for WB. Given its success with critics and solid sales I'm pretty certain they are working on a sequel.

Now its entirely possible they are doing some mobile stuff too, but I'd be shocked if Mordor 2 isn't heavy in production as we speak. Something would have had to have gone catastrophically wrong from what WB was expecting

 

[Orayn]

Shot in the dark: It's a shooter. Could be a new IP or new take on an existing WB IP like Mordor was for LOTR. WB's got a presence in action-adventure, platformer, fighting games, and more recently open world thanks to Dying Light and Mad Max, so I could see them doing a new shootbang with a bro to cover all the bases.

Spoiler

Waiting for someone to get mad at this post without knowing Monolith's history.

 

[OldMuffin]

Shot in the dark: It's a shooter. Could be a new IP or new take on an existing WB IP like Mordor was for LOTR. WB's got a presence in action-adventure, platformer, fighting games, and more recently open world thanks to Dying Light and Mad Max, so I could see them doing a new shootbang with a bro to cover all the bases.

Spoiler

Waiting for someone to get mad at this post without knowing Monolith's history.

If its a shooter, i hope its a new fear, and if it is, it better not be some f2p bullshit!

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Mordor 1 had social elements, I can see a massive expansion on those mechanics for Mordor 2.

 

[Jigorath]

I'm about 99% sure Mordor 2 is coming. The first game was very successful.

So uhh, no real reason to freak out.

 

[Dremorak]

Every game has social features nowadays. Arkham Knight has leaderboards, rivals, all of that. Mordor 2 will be no different.

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

Monolith is comprised of multiple teams in different locations, no? From memory the Mordor team isn't the same one that worked on FEAR, Gotham City Imposters etc, or at least not entirely.

 

[MUnited83]

Orcs in Shadow of Mordor 2 will hold grudges against you and post passive-agressive posts on social media.



Future is here-

 

[Sajjaja]

Orcs you encounter are actually your friends imported from Facebook. Auto-post to Facebook once you kill them whilst tagging them.

 

[Orayn]

Monolith is comprised of multiple teams in different locations, no? From memory the Mordor team isn't the same one that worked on FEAR, Gotham City Imposters etc, or at least not entirely.

Wikipedia only lists Kirkland Washington, but I'd believe they have multiple teams. Snowblind Studios (also Kirkland) was also folded into Monolith some years back, so that could be the basis for them having multiple teams.

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

Wikipedia only lists Kirkland Washington, but I'd believe they have multiple teams. Snowblind Studios (also Kirkland) was also folded into Monolith some years back, so that could be the basis for them having multiple teams.

Snowblind, that was what I was thinking of. I didn't know they were in the same city but it makes sense. You don't bring out two games in 2012 then a major AAA title in 2014 without huge throughput. I seem to recall someone saying that Mordor was heavily related to the former Snowblind staff, but this is just my fuzzy recollection so don't take that as gospel.

Gotham City Imposters and Guardians of Middle Earth were Monolith's 2012 output, so there is absolutely a precedent for online / f2pish type games from this company and I would say this is almost entirely unrelated to the Shadow of Mordor franchise.

 

[loaf of bread]

If they're making another Shadow of Mordor i want it to be a much deeper game and not basically consist 100% of the nemesis system. I want deeper RPG elements, cities or towns with quests to do or something, more story, etc. I want more out of it than just a combat playground.

Honestly they're barely even using the license, its just fighting orcs with minimal middle earth, lore, characters, etc.

 

[soultron]

Middle Earth: Shadow of MOBA.

Kidding. Guessing this is for something non-SoM.

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

Middle Earth: Shadow of MOBA.

Kidding. Guessing this is for something non-SoM.

Especially funny since as I posted above, in 2012 they already came out with Guardians of Middle Earth, i.e. a LOTR moba.